Legal Opinion
Sprint Communications Co. v. Elizabeth S. Jacobs
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 14, 2015No. 14-3109PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.
As explained below, this case is before us yet again, with the present proceeding being an appeal by Sprint Communications Company, L.P. (Sprint) from the dismissal of its complaint against members of the Iowa Utilities Board (the Board). We reverse and remand for further proceedings.
Under the Telecommunications Act of 1996, local exchange carriers such as Windstream Iowa Communications, Inc. (Windstream) must connect calls made to their customers by the customers of national telecommunications companies such as Sprint. Prior to 2009, Sprint paid Windstream state access…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. SoliminoSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- At&T Corp. v. Iowa Utilities BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
- Sprint Communications, Inc. v. JacobsSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
- Iowa Network Services, Inc. v. Qwest CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Hines v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by3 opinions
- CenturyTel of Chatham, LLC v. Sprint Communications Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 2016
- Sprint Communications Co. v. BernstenDistrict Court, S.D. Iowa · 2015
- Sprint Communications Co. v. Elizabeth JacobsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017